From September 2006 to June 2013 I owned a September 2005 2-litre Honda Civic Type-S.  In almost 7 years and over 75K miles it never missed a beat – not a single break-down or fault.  Everything on the car always worked.

 

In June 2013 I purchased a March 2012 Octavia vRS CR DSG hatchback.  Earlier this month when in the Alsace region of France the ‘Glow plug system’ warning light illuminated, followed shortly afterwards by the ‘Control system for exhaust’ warning light.  The car had then covered a total of less than 13K miles.  I cursed Skoda for not being able to make a car even approaching the reliability of my previous Civic.

 

To cut a long story short the car was repaired by Alliance 68 in Mulhouse at a total cost of €80.  The car was returned to me with paintwork and windows washed and the interior vacuumed.  The service from this Skoda (and Seat) dealer was excellent, although the Service Manager did have difficulty keeping a straight face when he informed me that the repair would not be covered by the Skoda warranty.

 

Why not covered by warranty? What was the cause of the fault?  This is where an apology to Skoda is in order.  An animal had chewed through a rubber sensor pipe and the insulation on an electrical wire.  The teeth marks were clearly visible.  Next day I saw a weasel in the grounds of the house where we were staying.  Perhaps the French are training ‘their’ weasels to attack UK registered cars!

brilliant

Nice one

Hard to believe, not...

Weasels only attack diesels...or disease-als as one of my friends calls them.........!

Shame it didn't build itself a little house behind the engine. Then you'd have a turbo weasel..........

*gets coat*

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I wonder what petrels attack...???